Russian MMO market to continue growing through next year

The number of American's playing Russian MMO's as male characters will rise 48%, and the amount spent on P2W increases 500%.

Which MMO's are Russian?

Cool, Allods was/is such a cool concept...

well as long as they get their own servers and I don't have to share with another bunch that refuses to speak english, I'm fine with it ;)

Well , good for Russia and overall market.

Anyway whole gaming market in Russia , and central & eastern europe (including EU countires like Poland , Czech Rep, etc) and non-EU countiries like Ukraine , shows that even in markets with higher (sometimes much higher) piracy than in NA&EU , game companies can earn alot of money.

There is one condition though. As people in those counties still have much less income (when converting to $ for example) , you have to offer games for lower prices.

Good priced games can sell in hundreads of thousands of copies sometimes in Russia alone. F.e. Witcher 1 sold I believe like 200-300 k of copies in Russia alone , think The Witcher 2 sold even more (havent saw data yet though).

I am from Poland , and there are games that sell alot of copies here, as long as they are not overpriced. (some bad publishers tend to release badly translated , badly supported games with prices as high like in richer counties and then they they fail).

Just have to think cleverly and there is alot of money to make :)

Well anyway I am happy if Russian mmo market is doing ok !

Imho EU market would be much better if game companies end with horrible practice of selling games / subscription 1S = 1euro / pound conversion. Set a 1 euro = 1,2 $ which and I guarantee higher sales. even though normal conversion is 1,4 atm.

I understand conversion risks ,etc It is all understandable , BUT euro has been stronger currency shortly after euro was made and it NEVER was weaker than dolar, it is already long years and it does not look like it is going to change.

Really when I see myself trying to get nickle&dimed when game in EU cost 60 euro when in US it cost 60$ , I am angry even though it is standard and I spend more money or non-gaming things.

I know that Aussie guys have it even worse , that REALLY have to change fast , if game companies want to have dynamic growth of EU market again anytime soon.

In many ways, the Russian market is far better than China's.

And that's after you take away the restrictions of doing business in China: Requiring a local company to serve as your partner and handing over all the trade secrets that go with your products.

In Soviet Russia, mobs grind you!